On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSW · 0% rain · incoming

-0.22 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.1OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

17 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief